Shanelle Chloe Villegas

Shanelle Chloe Villegas (she/they) is a highly awarded Black, Queer, Non-binary writer, actor, theatre-maker and arts educator who most recently completed a Fulbright grant in London, United Kingdom where she further developed her devised, jazz-infused memoir play titled X: The Soul Wound Memoir in collaboration with Talawa Theatre Company. In 2024, Shanelle completed her playwriting residency with The Boston Center for the Arts and in 2022, Shanelle was recognized as one of fifteen artists of color leaving an imprint on Massachusetts in WBUR’S “The Makers”. When Shanelle is not creating their own work, she can be seen performing all around Boston with companies such as The Huntington Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and American Repertory Theatre. Shanelle is a member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Resident Artist Company and is a proud inaugural graduate of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s BFA Contemporary Theatre program. 

As of March 2025.